MEYMAC, France (AFP) — A search began in France on Tuesday for the remains of dozens of German soldiers said to have been executed by French Resistance fighters during World War II.

Even after their country fell under Nazi control after France's surrender in 1940, bands of French resistance members continued to fight back using whatever arms they could scrounge or be ...

When France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, the heroic role of Missak Manouchian and other foreigners among French Resistance fighters in World War II is often overlooked.

In 1944, Mr. Cordier was honored in France as a companion of the liberation, a title awarded to about 1,000 Resistance figures, and on June 18, 2018, President Emmanuel Macron elevated him to the ...

When poet René Char joined the French Resistance against Nazi occupation of France in WWII, he led sections of the maquis, rural guerrilla units, in Provence, and orchestrated dangerous ...

There is no real French equivalent, although the film that comes closest is René Clément’s Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails). Filmed in the summer of 1945, within a year of France’s ...

Camus called France to resistance, then justice / Editorials reveal his evolution from anti-fascist to a voice for moral politics By Reviewed by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Feb 12, 2006 Cover of "Camus ...

PARIS (AP) — When France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, the heroic role of Missak Manouchian and other foreigners among French Resistance fighters in World War II is often ...